Nonnative speech perception training using vowel subsets: Effects of vowels in sets and order of training

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1480-1493

  Nishi, Kanae ^a,b   Kewley Port, Diane ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; English language learners; Korean; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; PERFORMANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TRAINING; VOWEL;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TEACHING;

EID: 56849128476     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2008/07-0109)     Document Type: Article

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